Motion for a resolution - B5-0155/2003Motion for a resolution
B5-0155/2003

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION

21 February 2003

pursuant to Rule 48 of the Rules of Procedure
by Mauro Nobilia, Generoso Andria, Giuseppe Di Lello, Giuseppe Pisicchio, Luciana Sbarbati , Maurizio Turco, Niall Andrews, Sergio Berlato, Roberto Bigliardo, Guido Bodrato, Alima Boumediene-Thiery, Hiltrud Breyer, André Brie, Giuseppe Brienza, Renato Brunetta, Marco Cappato, Marie-Arlette Carlotti, Paulo Casaca, Luigi Cesaro, Luigi Cocilovo, Gerard Collins, Thierry de La Perriere, Gianfranco Dell'Alba, Benedetto Della Vedova, Marcello Dell'Utri, Maire-Hélène Descamps, Antonio Di Pietro, Harald Ettl, Enrico Ferri, James Fitzsimons, Giuseppe Gargani, Jas Gawronski, Vitaliano Gemelli, Fiorella Ghilardotti, Marie-Thérèse Hermange, Liam Hyland, Vincenzo Lavarra, Giorgio Lisi, Raffaele Lombardo, Mario Mantovani, Paolo Mennea, Domenico Mennitti, Cristiana Muscardini, Francesco Musotto, Antonio Mussa, Sebastiano Musumeci, Giorgio Napoletano, Giuseppe Nisticó, Sean O'Neachtain, Elena Paciotti, Marco Pannella, Paolo Pastorelli, Béatrice Patrie, Giovanni Pittella, Guido Podestà, Adriana Poli Bortone, Giovanni Procacci, Giacomo Santini, Mariotto Segni, Maria Sornosa Martinéz, Antonio Tajani, Francesco Turchi, Joaquim Vairinhos, Gianni Vattimo, Valter Veltroni, Demetrio Volcic, Myrsini Zorba and Eurig Wyn
on the establishment of a European juvenile delinquency monitoring centre

B5‑0154/2003

Motion for a European Parliament resolution on the establishment of a European juvenile delinquency monitoring centre

The European Parliament,

–  having regard to its own resolution of 8 July 1992 on a European Charter on the rights of the child,

–  having regard to the European Convention on Human Rights,

–  having regard to the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child,

–  having regard to the Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly's recommendation no. 1286 of 24 January 1996,

A.  whereas an individual's childhood and the particularities of his/her family and social environment significantly determine his/her subsequent adult life,

B.  whereas minors constitute one of the most vulnerable sectors of the population and have specific needs which must be carefully met,

C.  whereas on 28 May 2001 the European Crime Prevention Network (EUCPN) was set up, one of whose priority action areas is juvenile delinquency,

D.  whereas the prevention of youth crime has become a priority in the EU Member States' intervention policies,

1.  Calls upon the relevant Community bodies to establish a European juvenile delinquency monitoring centre for the purpose of gathering, analysing and statistically monitoring data on juvenile delinquency, judicial measures and the programmes adopted in the various EU Member States;

2.  Calls on the members of the European Convention to effect the necessary changes in the course of simplifying and modernising the treaties.